Collection Scope and Content Note

The majority of Bent's papers consist of outlines, class notes, and class lists relating to courses he taught in politics, international relations, administrative law, management, agricultural and economic development, and other subjects at Cornell in the 1970s and 1980s; correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Graduate School of Management; drafts of Bent's writings, including articles and THE TURKISH HIGHER CIVIC SERVICE; speeches on terrorism, Lebanon, and U.S./Middle East policies; correspondence, reports, and other materials concerning Bent's interest in the American University of Beirut, Kuwait University, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Lebanon, and Bahrain; notes on Ithaca, New York, government; and materials on his consulting work.